Category Archives: Sports
Kucherov headlines NHL's three stars for March; Leafs' Nylander top rookie
NEW YORK - Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov, Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and Chicago Blackhawks right-wing Patrick Kane were named the NHL’s three stars for t...
Apr 01, 2017
Canada's Patrick Chan finishes fifth at worlds; Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu wins gold
HELSINKI - Canada’s Patrick Chan laid down one of the finest performances of his comeback on Saturday. But the three-time world champion, who has talked all season about playing catchup to an au...
Apr 01, 2017
Blue Bombers, running backs coach Avon Cobourne agree to part ways
WINNIPEG - Running backs coach Avon Cobourne quit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the team announced on Saturday. Cobourne is pursuing interests outside of football and the team says a search for his repla...
Apr 01, 2017
An excerpt from Hal Bock's book on banned baseball players
Hal Bock, an Associated Press sports writer from 1963-2004, served as chief baseball writer and columnist, and he covered 30 World Series. He is the author of “Banned: Baseball’s Blacklist...
Apr 01, 2017
Toronto Blue Jays sign manager John Gibbons to contract extension
MONTREAL - The Toronto Blue Jays rewarded manager John Gibbons for making back-to-back American League Championship Series appearances by extending his contract through the 2019 season with a club opt...
Apr 01, 2017
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win third world figure skating championship
HELSINKI - Scott Moir’s near-tumble to the ice in the free dance on Saturday elicited a loud gasp from the crowd at Hartwell Arena - and a spur-of-the-moment joke from partner Tessa Virtue. Thei...
Apr 01, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Friday’s Games Women’s World Hockey Championship At Plymouth, Mich. United States 2 Canada 0 Switzerland 2 Czech Republic 1 Germany 3 Sweden 1 Russia 2 Finland 1 — NHL Calgary 5 San ...
Mar 31, 2017
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games Women’s World Hockey Championship At Plymouth, Mich. United States 2 Canada 0 Switzerland 2 Czech Republic 1 Germany 3 Sweden 1 Russia 2 Finland 1 — NHL Calgary 5 San ...
Mar 31, 2017
UConn's 111-game winning streak ends, Miss St wins at buzzer
DALLAS - UConn’s record 111-game winning streak came to a startling end when Mississippi State pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in women’s basketball history, shocking the Huskies 66-6...
Mar 31, 2017
Iginla scores 625th career goal, Quick makes 35 saves as Kings blank Canucks
VANCOUVER - Jarome Iginla thought he tied one of his heroes on the NHL’s all-time goals list earlier this week. His math was a little off, but the veteran winger only had to wait a couple more d...
Mar 31, 2017
